I cannot import photos from any device to my iphoto program- the error message statesphotos cannot import because there was a problem downloading an image.  I cannot identify the image that is the problem.

I cannot import photos to my iphoto from any of my devices.  The error message reads - iphoto cannot import your photos because there was a problem downloading an image.  I have deleted the last images- this did not help.  any suggestions?

Details please
What version of iPhoto? Of the OS? what devices are you haveing problems with? can you download teh photos to a desktop folder using image capture (in your applications folder) and import from there - or open with priview from there?
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